#3592 Below Deck S13E03: Strawberry Shields

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1:48Ronnie Karam: Well, hello and welcome to Watch What Crappens. that's a podcast for all the crap we love to talk about on yale bravs i'm ronnie that's ben over

1:59Ben Mandelker: there hello ben hi hi how are you how's it going good welcome to the show everybody it is below

2:08Ronnie Karam: deck regular flavor day we are on tour we're about to go next week to philly and washington we're going to be recapping real housewives of new york and philly real housewives of salt lake City, Washington, D.C., okay? Then the next week, just a few days later, we're going to be in Dallas, Austin, and Houston Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, rather. And then Nashville, Clearwater, Fort Lauderdale, San Fran, Salt Lake City, Denver, Charleston, Atlanta, Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, Toronto, Boston, and we wrap up with the Golden Crappies in New York City on February 25th.

2:52Ben Mandelker: Amazing. Amazing. It's really creeping up on us. Wow, it's going to be time for the crappies once again. Oh, God, the stress, the stress. And by the way, we have so many. We'll have some great nominees this year, right? I mean, I feel like so much has happened on Bravo. There's been so many wild things. I can't wait. I can't wait for the ballot to send. It's been a good year.

3:12Ronnie Karam: It's been a good year of Bravo shows, for sure. Yeah. The end of the year is coming right up. Before you know, it's going to be Thanksgiving. This is going to be Christmas. That's just how dates are.

3:24Ben Mandelker: Well, we have some like, already this year, we have some amazing fights. We have some amazing scandals. We have some like high profile departures. We have some great newbies. I try to jot it down as the year goes along. So I don't forget when it comes time to build the ballot. But by the way, I'll just say this right now. Public service announcement. and everyone start jotting down your favorites because when we put out the call for you to help us jog our memories, like this way you can be ready for that moment. So everyone, pen to paper, okay? Start writing down the things.

3:59Ronnie Karam: Do it. Yeah. And here we are. Oh, by the way, this is something that's happened in the Bravo world. It's great. Luann has a new single. Yes. And it's something. To all the boys I've loved before Who've traveled in and out my door To all the boys I've loved She's doing a Julio Iglesias Kind of cover

4:26Ben Mandelker: She changes all the words I was about to say, wasn't that like a song that already existed? To all the boys I've loved before

4:38Ronnie Karam: Julio Iglesias And who sings it? is it it's Kenny not oh my god Ronnie it's an Austin legend Willie isn't it Willie Nelson all the girls I've loved before oh um it is right did you look it up no I looked up to all the boys

4:58Ben Mandelker: I loved before turns out it was a um it was it was a movie how about that no this is the song

5:04Ronnie Karam: to all the girls I've loved before I know I'm saying but that's where I got distracted to all the girls it is willy oh god i was about to be kicked out of boston if i didn't get that julio glacius and willy and um wow uh luann really just defies all laws of rhythm i mean even even she can't keep up it is the most hilarious thing i'm recording

5:29Ben Mandelker: you hear her panting she's like boys and girls are going out for dates and they're having romance and they're having food and they're in love and treat them right and be be the one because she's your queen you're like louis and what is going on can you sing can you can you can everyone just like slow down the pace of the song to like half speed and then have luann sing very slowly and then just speed it up because she cannot keep up so so good what a classic i mean the crappies are going to be lit just from all the musical tributes you know lisa barlow has five just on her own and then

6:05Ronnie Karam: comes in luann like oh really you're gonna do some hypocrisy and well not what i've got to all the

6:12Ben Mandelker: boys i've loved before right it's really unfair because we just released the top five um bravo housewives songs last week on on what's your order on our youtube go follow go subscribe and literally we we make this video i released this video and then back to back new housewife songs come out Like, how does that happen? That's so unfair.

6:38Ronnie Karam: Well, thank you to have a whole new episode, you know? I know. I mean, there was a time where I remember saying, I mean, it was just a few months ago. I was like, where are all the Housewives singles? And then out comes Baby Gorgeous, and then they just started piling one on top of the other after that. So, bless you, Bravo. Thank you for everything you give us. Let's get into Below Deck Season 13, Episode 3. It's called Mo Preferences, Mo Problems.

7:02Ben Mandelker: Mm-hmm. Yeah. Oh, wow. So this is a fun episode. The classic non-primary heinous charter guests who is going to make life hell for everyone around her. So that's always a time-honored tradition. They're all kind of hellish.

7:22Ronnie Karam: Not a one of us is like a fun-looking person. But the lady you're referring to, I think her name is Melanie. Is it Melanie or the other? Yeah, Melanie. Yeah.

7:33Ben Mandelker: Didn't they call her like Melanie?

7:35Ronnie Karam: I think they do because it looks like it would be Milani, but it's just some bitchy white lady. And I think it's Melanie.

7:42Ben Mandelker: Well, what's so funny to me is that I look, of course, I'm calling her up. Great. I looked her up and she like lives in Ghana and she's like this lawyer and she's actually like a very much like a do-gooder. And she, you know, seems to be very like into causes and, you know, dealing with a lot of the issues that people in Ghana are dealing with. And I just think it's funny that here she is, this woman, a woman like a woman of the globe who is in Africa trying to make change. Then she comes onto a yacht and she's a total asshole. and it's like it's like actually the complete stereotype of like the rich white lady who is like just traipses off to a country and is like i'll fix it all for you but the truth is that you're just basically a rich white lady on a yacht and being absolutely evil to those around you

8:31Ronnie Karam: it's like it's perfect she's you know when you see characters on tv and you're like oh that person only exists on tv like jill zarin and then you watch this show and it's jill zarin it's jill's it's a non-TV version of jill's aaron who was put on tv what a nightmare of a human being but all of them you know they're all going to be assholes when they say they do acro yoga yeah which i was glad it was acro yoga because i thought they said afro yoga at first and i was like i'm not gonna i'm not putting up with this episode i'll tell you that right now i'm not i got all offended i got early offended and then they were lifting fraser up with their feet and I realized they were saying acro yoga gross.

9:15Ronnie Karam: Acro yoga. Get the fuck out of here with your invented yoga. Yoga is hard enough without having to balance on your fucking feet.

9:22Ben Mandelker: Can I say something? Last night I took yoga for the first time in like a year. I had hurt like my wrist. And so now like my, I'm, I was like, I can finally go back to yoga. My wrist feels strong enough. Cause you know, yoga is a lot of downward dog and all those things. A lot of wrist centric stuff. so I'm like okay great I'm gonna go back to you I'm making my triumphant return to yoga and I get there and the yoga class is all about and I've been going to this yoga class on Monday nights for like two to three years and we've never ever ever ever had this as the plan the instructor's like yeah well I told her I said I'm have a wrist injury and she's like and I've recovered from it but she goes well yeah tonight is gonna actually use a lot of the wrists I was okay.

10:09Ben Mandelker: And then she announces that the plan for the day is that we're all going to try to do crow position. And if you do, if you know yoga, crow is like that one where you get on your wrists and then you lean forward and you put your knees on the back on your triceps and you're like floating in the air. It's like the most advanced position. Like, and I was like of all the times that never, she's never even proposed crow ever. Like I thought this was a crow free class. And then of course I come back with my wrist injury and she's like, yeah, we're going to do the one exercise where you have to like actually be on your wrist and like be basically inverted on your wrist i was so furious and i'll tell you right now i could not get into crow so maybe maybe acro acro

10:51Ronnie Karam: anyway yeah crow's difficult even if your wrists work great that's a pretty advanced isn't isn't that a pretty advanced thing i don't know the whole class was like we're gonna get us into it I don't know.

11:04Ben Mandelker: Were you ever able to do crow?

11:07Ronnie Karam: I don't think so. Isn't that the one where you're kind of, isn't that like a handstand except your legs are in triangle position spread above your head? No, I can do that. You crazy. Sort of like that.

11:18Ben Mandelker: I don't know. You always have crazy stories. You're like, well, when I was 23, I used to do crow all the time.

11:23Ronnie Karam: Well, I used to do yoga. I did used to do yoga and I would stand up straight and I would walk all gracefully. I can't believe there was even a time in this life where that was the case. But then I stopped doing yoga. And then I went back a few years ago and I was like, fuck this class and fuck these people. Because I was frustrated with myself and that's how I do. But anyway, the point is, this lady was horrible.

11:47Ben Mandelker: She was horrible. And acro yoga was horrible.

11:49Ronnie Karam: She was a crow pose.

11:51Ben Mandelker: She was crow pose. She was crow pose in hot yoga. She was like Bikram crow. and uh i have to say also this is two uh charters in a row where guests have come on clearly trying to hawk their wares like last week we had like the charleston guys doing their their resort wear and now we have this guy trying to make acro yoga a thing and i'm gonna say right now it will not be a thing and if it's already a thing i'm saying right now that's a fad and it will go away

12:23Ronnie Karam: it's it needs to not be a thing and it looks dangerous i mean acrobat acrobatics is dangerous but the way he was lifting fraser and just like willy-nilly with his spine that's not how you do you can't just put someone on your feet and then be like okay now just let your spine flop backwards and i'm just gonna go around in circles and fly you in the air that's not there it's very bad i'm telling you right now that man's gonna be in some pain i don't like it i and i can tell you right

12:51Ben Mandelker: now acro yoga is a thing i just looked it up these people did not invent it i thought this guy like invented it and was like trying to make it a movement but it's like an established thing that people made it whenever he invented it i know but if you think about it you actually see it all the time anytime you see like two people doing yoga on top of each other i guess that's pretty much acro yoga it's truly the most annoying version of yoga i think well hot yoga is not great

13:14Ronnie Karam: either fuck that place it's the word disgusting like now i have to smell everybody around me too

13:19Ben Mandelker: no i don't need that no um also this episode they're associated with yes uh this episode

13:26Ronnie Karam: was one of this was this new below deck and it's not all of them all of them do it a little bit but this one is the worst offender about this all being about the relationships of the people like who's fucking who and who's oh my god does he like me oh my god am i gonna commit to her You guys have known each other for two days. It was 13 minutes into the episode, and all they talked about is, like, who they have a crush on. Oh, my God. All of you, read a book. Educate yourself. Just acro yoga. Yeah.

14:01Ben Mandelker: Just locate each other's spines. Do some acro yoga. Really. Just anything. I beg of you all. So it's 28 hours until the charter. It's 8 a.m. and everyone's waking up. Kaylee and Matthew, as we all know, they spent the night together in one of the rooms. They had sex. And Kaylee says, I can't believe we did that, but it was actually good sex. He's like, it was very, very good sex. And they actually have a camera in there. I didn't know they had cameras in the guest rooms, but they did, and we see them lying in bed together. And then she says, well, we're going to have to get married. And she laughs it off.

14:39Ben Mandelker: But she seems to say this many times, and I don't think it's a joke.

14:44Ronnie Karam: Yeah, she's doing the, we're committed, right? But she says it enough times that, you know, of course she means it. And I don't really blame her. I don't mean the commitment thing. I think that's a little cuckoo. But you don't want to look like an idiot and hook up with some guy who's just going to immediately go sleep with everybody else, which is a guy on Below Deck, and she's probably watched his show. So she's kind of hinting, and he's telling everyone else, like, well, he's doing the thing where he's like, well, I don't want to be committed to her. it's just like moving too fast for me but then with her he's like yeah we're committed he's gonna be a problem you know last last week i said that he looked like an emoji

15:26Ben Mandelker: and i take it back i think actually more specifically it's not that he looks like an emoji he looks like a smiley face sticker from highlights magazine do you remember those stickers if not i encourage you to take a take a do it do an image search of a highlights magazine smiley face and that is what this guy is and he also has that energy i believe or i think that's what

15:51Ronnie Karam: he's trying to put out there well i remember highlights magazine because of doctor's offices you know when i was a kid and my sister would read the highlights magazine and i would read newsweek and then i would just look over at her like god you're like what a loser with a highlights It's magazine. But then I was always kind of looking over and seeing what she was doing. Cause of course hers was fun. You know, I was reading about the Christian coalition overtaking the government. And she's like doing the cross, you know, like a word search or whatever.

16:22Ben Mandelker: I was, I was very much three, two, one contact, uh, kind of kid. I loved three, two, one contact. That, that magazine would come out and I would learn about science and they would have their factoids and they would have their, that would have pages of basic code and you could type it into your computer and you make a little program that's like, oh, there's planets. It was the best. And then came Nintendo Power and then it was over after that. Nintendo Power just rocked my world.

16:49Ronnie Karam: I'm similar as an adult to how I was as a kid. No contact. Just no contact. I don't think I would know about that.

16:56Ben Mandelker: No 3-2-1 contact.

16:58Ronnie Karam: 3-2-1, no contact. Okay.

17:01Ben Mandelker: Okay, Sydney. Yeah.

17:05Ronnie Karam: Okay, so Matthew's like, oh, I'm going to tell everyone you took advantage of me, and I had no idea what I was doing. She's like, I think it's getting a little bit serious now. It's the second day together, you know? And you share your body and your soul. I hope he doesn't make me look stupid.

17:25Ben Mandelker: Oh, God, I hope he doesn't either. What are the odds that that would happen? So then we see Rosa and Mo are discussing Rosa's non-starting romance with James. So Mo is like, what's up with your homie last night, huh? Because, you know, he's always getting involved in everyone's romance. And she's like, I don't know. It's a little bit hot code. Hot code. I'm just going to protect my peace. Which means I feel like she's going to crush on him all season long. But that's fine.

17:55Ronnie Karam: Yeah. He's just not that into you.

17:59Ben Mandelker: he's not that into personality either. So don't feel bad in the city. Yeah.

18:03Ronnie Karam: Yeah. I think, and again, I think it's like, they're trying to audition and they feel like the only way they're going to be able to stay on below deck. Cause if they're fucking somebody. And I think that that's shitty, you know, I know hired to clean, but then you feel pressure that you have to have sex with somebody or you're going to lose your job. I mean, what the hell is 2026 Rosa? Yeah. Just go have public breakdowns about the way, you know, your superiors are talking to you. That's what I want from you. I don't need you to be in a romance. It's time for a commercial. It's time for a Crappens commercial.

18:42Ronnie Karam: I'm sick of things stressing me out. The other day I was running late and nearly ran over an armadillo. I felt so bad.

18:48Ben Mandelker: I'll tell you about stress. Imagine performing a cabaret ten times a week. Or learning a 17th language like French Peruvian. This is why I watch so much TV And Amazon Prime definitely comes in handy It's a great way to shift your mood Yeah, but everyone's always like Recommending a million shows Like you gotta watch this, you gotta watch that I'm at a point where I don't say What do I have to watch Now I'm all about how do I want to feel

19:15Ronnie Karam: Yeah, the feeling I chase is dark and moody That's why I go towards crime shows

19:19Ben Mandelker: Oh, I'm a comedy girly I will re-watch the same comedy over and over again Because it's so comforting to me Or actually, sometimes it's actually sports. There are times where I don't even care about the teams. I just like being part of a live event, especially with some snacks.

19:32Ronnie Karam: Snacks are a part of the feeling. I love a cracker.

19:35Ben Mandelker: So here's where I'm all about Prime. You can have your shows, your movies, your sports, but you also get fast shipping on the things we like to have when we watch stuff, like the perfect snack, conveniently delivered right to your door for a recap-worthy watch session.

19:50Ronnie Karam: That's how Prime gives us the power to just not find the feeling we crave, but also to let us experience it to the fullest.

19:57Ben Mandelker: I'm having 30 to 40 positive feelings. Wow.

20:00Ronnie Karam: Shows you can't wait for, deliveries you don't wait for. From streaming to fast shipping, it's on Prime. There is such a better way to spend your time than doom scrolling or watching terrible TV. Get some stories in your life, okay? Audible is perfect for that. I use it while I'm cleaning the house, while I'm running errands. I listen to books all day, every day with Audible.

20:25Ben Mandelker: Yeah, they have a massive library of audiobooks and ad-free podcasts. And it is really the perfect thing to turn on when you're taking a long drive, washing some dishes, like enrich yourself.

20:35Ronnie Karam: New members can start listening with a 30-day free trial at audible.com slash WWC.

20:41Ben Mandelker: Ronnie, did you hear that there's a Super El Nino coming towards California? And I need some help with my roof. My roof has like a very little tiny leak. and I need someone to take care of it, which is why I'm turning to Angie.

20:53Ronnie Karam: For over 30 years, Angie has been helping homeowners hire skilled pros for more than 300 million home projects.

20:59Ben Mandelker: You can definitely find someone to fix your leaky roof, but Angie also has pros for tons of other tasks. Things like cleaning and handyman projects or bigger jobs like remodeling, painting, rewiring, and landscaping.

21:10Ronnie Karam: And the pros in the Angie network are locally based, so you can find someone who's been rated and reviewed by people in your area who have used their services.

21:18Ben Mandelker: The process is simple and Angie helps you find your best price.

21:21Ronnie Karam: Answer a few questions, request and compare quotes from multiple pros, or simply book a service at an upfront price.

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21:34Ronnie Karam: So we go to the crew mess and Rainbow's there eating breakfast with Sen. And James comes in and Rainbow's like, James, I'm sorry. I have an accent now. I'm rainbow English rainbow I find you quite eye candy James

21:57Ben Mandelker: He's like thank you You know being hung over And hearing that has made my day already Come give me some love And so she goes oh do you give good hugs And he's like yes I do That hugs for my tattoos Which is where all my personality is So they hug and then Rosa walks in And sees it and she's like grace because you're frozen.

22:20Ronnie Karam: So now there's a deck meeting and everyone's late. Alex is out there alone. And Sam and Matthew are seven minutes late. That's crazy. And James is 15 minutes late. Yes. Like what's going on there?

22:34Ben Mandelker: So Alex is like, nine o 'clock on deck means I should not be waiting for you guys on deck when I'm sitting here at nine o 'clock. And then he announces that this is an example of him being more authoritative and assertive. He's like, being super authoritative doesn't necessarily come that naturally to me, but I think I'll, I have to take, you know, I'll take a more assertive role going forward. Because look at me being assertive. Here, let me do it again. Don't much appreciate you guys being late. Well, that was really assertive.

23:03Ronnie Karam: Guys, I would really appreciate it if you would show up on time, if you could, if it wouldn't bother you. Please, possibly, if you could show up on time. If you don't want to, it's all right too. You could sleep in as well. He's like, nailed it. I'm a boss. Rainbow and Rosa are chatting. And Rainbow's like, wow, being around you guys has me talking in an accent. You know, I'm just British now. And Rosa's like, oh, God, I don't need that from you. All right? I love a non-British accent. Go back to your regular accent of just condescending. All right? That would be preferable to whatever you're doing right now.

23:42Ben Mandelker: but Rosa actually pretends like she's amused by what Rainbow says and she's like oh god but that's okay I love being around non-British accents it's so fun for me and then she tells us I'm still really trying with Rainbow I don't really want to ruffle feathers because I do have to work with her so for now it's not even worth it I'm gonna pretend like I'm super amused by her terrible accent we're doing such a good job that's the focus the job so now they're watching the boat

24:09Ronnie Karam: Alex is asking Matthew about his and Kaylee's hookup And Matthew's like Well obviously we were not planning on having sex We just ended up happening How were you not planning on sex? You asked for the room Yeah Come on And it went on for quite a while It just kept going and going And Alex is like Well there's no going back now You made your bed and you fucked in it Ha ha ha Ha ha ha

24:34Ben Mandelker: Yeah and then Alex talks about how he made out with Sen And he's like I guess I shouldn't have done that. I fucking kissed Sen. And then we see Sen talking to James. And Sen's like, I mean, he's my boss. And I don't mess around with that kind of thing. That's not my vibe. And so James is like, well, that's the first thing that I said. I was like, that's very dangerous territory. And she goes, yeah, but I mean, I can definitely separate work and play. All right. Well, we'll check back on you in about four or five episodes.

25:05Ronnie Karam: and um james is like well it's great if people on the same team are hooking up as long as the vibes stay good so she says like yeah i'm flirty like maybe a smooch or something never hurt anybody but i'm still really well aware that my eyelids are extremely heavy and that's all i'm thinking about right now are my eyes open i can see shapes i can see shapes

25:32Ben Mandelker: So now Kayleigh goes to Rosa and she's like, oh my God, Matthew, he's such a sweet guy. Do you think he's sweet? I think he's sweet. Wait, I have a question. On a scale of one to honey, how sweet is he? I'm going to say full honey because he's so sweet. And Rosa's like, yes, no, he's very sweet. But I think you're in trouble. It's like, oh, you think I'm in trouble because my single days are over and I didn't get to experience as much as you did when you're single? Because guess what? We're getting married. I can't believe it. I'm not really in trouble. okay, is it opposite today? Because I kind of think I'm the opposite of trouble right now.

26:03Ben Mandelker: I think I'm in love.

26:05Ronnie Karam: Yeah. She talks about how she was in a really toxic relationship and one of her ex alienated, one of her exes, he alienated her and he didn't want her to be around her friends and he was really controlling and abusive and called her a slut and a bitch. And she's like, but I just love second chances. And I was like, no, no. Whoa, no, no.

26:28Ben Mandelker: Second chance, no.

26:29Ronnie Karam: The anti-van pulls up outside and I say, get in this van. We're driving around the block and you're going to be lectured.

26:35Ben Mandelker: Okay. She needs to get out of yachting. She needs to go start working at a Starbucks or something because no, no, no, no, no. I mean, she probably gets love bombed all the time and she just falls for it. So now Matthew's talking about his hookup to James. and Matthew says, he's like, well, he's like, Kaylee was saying that we have to get married and shit. And James is like, she said that. Isn't that not worrying? And he's like, no, it's a little bit worrying. I'm not going to stop having bint with other girls though. So yeah, well, it's going to be a show.

27:15Ronnie Karam: Yeah, shocker. Okay. The note taker, this is very funny Emily said, we're almost 8 minutes in And this is actually all they're talking about Thank you, thank you So it wasn't just me, because I was like, what the fuck is with this show? And I really do just start with an old man Where it's like, ah, what is this? Below deck used to be better You know, but Jesus Enough already

27:40Ben Mandelker: Also, like, I don't need to hear Like, what's new in the high school cafeteria Like, this early in the season I'm still learning the people. So you're asking me to be invested in he likes her and she likes him and they like them. And I, um, it's, I need to like spend more time watching them work and see who they are before I start to care about the personalities. And I'm trying to think last season on below deck med, like with, we had Jen and Luke very early on, but that was so crazy out of the gates that it was like, it was fascinating to watch, you know, but in terms of like relationships, that brewed, you had Kat and that guy from South Carolina.

28:24Ben Mandelker: And that was kind of a little backburnery for a while. It was a little like, oh, I like him. He's cute, whatever. And we just focused on the work and the workplace dynamics first before we got into, do you like her? I think he really likes me. I think we can get married. I think we're going to be exclusive. We don't need this on the second episode of the season.

28:42Ronnie Karam: Part of what makes it entertaining when it is entertaining is that they actually learn to like or dislike each other. But right now, they don't even care. They're just trying to cast themselves in these roles. Yeah. You guys don't care about each other. You just met each other. Calm down. So they're trying too hard to make us care, but they don't even care. It's stupid. It's all a bunch of phony bullshit. So when we go to the wheelhouse, and Carrie's bringing Fraser up, and he's like, this is going to be a fun charter. It looks like hell. He's like, oh, yes, my favorite type of people. Yeah, that last one was a walk in the park compared to what this is going to be.

29:20Ronnie Karam: We'll see how good our chef really is because they're very picky. Let's go over the preference sheets.

29:27Ben Mandelker: Yep. All right. Okay. Interior. So Carolyn works in real estate. She looks at food and wine with a trained and exacting palate. And then he just is like, it's giving cut fitness and not in a good way. And then he says, her guests are a tight-knit group with a passion for wellness and spirituality, which you will see in everything they say and do on the upcoming charter. When you see them demanding wine before bed and then actually accusing us of yelling at them in the middle of the night, you'll think, mmm, wellness and spirituality.

30:04Ronnie Karam: Her life partner, Robbie, grew up in an Italian household with private chef who cooked for Estée L 'Odda. Wow. So he's an asshole, basically. he's an asshole. Fraser just hates everybody right away. Yeah. Which I love. I know.

30:18Ben Mandelker: Fun Fraser. Fun Fraser. Systems are going down with Fun Fraser. Jason and Ale, spelled L but pronounced Ale, are both trained healers and member of Carolyn's inner circle. Melanie, who perhaps is known as Melani, but we will call her Melanie because it probably annoys her at the very least, is Robbie's sister, who also grew up with an Estee Lauder private chef, apparently, and is a lawyer and a human rights activist and someone who's very reminiscent of a real-life Jill Zarin.

30:52Ronnie Karam: She says, a very important part of human rights is having water and a glass of red wine next to my bed before sleeping. Water to rehydrate, red wine to put me back to sleep when I wake up too early. That might be called alcoholism.

31:08Ben Mandelker: Yeah. so wait you're telling me that you're you're into healing but you're not gonna use meditation to go back to sleep got it um so Fraser's like she sounds like a true delight all right everyone we're switching over to my side of the preference shape meeting tomorrow the guests get on board and we're going to anchor off this awesome island they'll be pedaling around in kayaks they'll each have their own guide, which is super cool. Some might even call it an adventure!

31:37Ronnie Karam: Oh, God. So this is a very lengthy preference sheet. Are we braced? We've got breakfast, ripe fruit, soft-boiled eggs with caviar, fresh juices, artistically cut fresh fruit. Artistically cut fresh fruit? Artistically cut. Go fuck yourself. Artistically cut fresh fruit.

31:58Ben Mandelker: Seriously. Seriously. Seriously. Seriously. I zoomed in. I wish I took it. Why did I not take a photo of it? Maybe I did. Maybe I surprised myself, took a photo of it. But Melanie's preference sheet was so obnoxious. And I say this as someone who has an obnoxious foodie side. Everything was like, except for breakfast, she's like, fresh bread only, preferably made on the boat. Things like that. It was just, it was so above and beyond. and like every single thing was crazy. But I will say to her credit, she did have anchovies on her preference sheet. And later on, she said she didn't put them on, which is why they didn't have them.

32:40Ben Mandelker: But I will say, Melanie, don't sell yourself short. You did have anchovies on your preference sheet. I saw them.

32:46Ronnie Karam: Well, this is an episode where you hate the guests, but they've also got a point throughout the entire episode. Because the crew really does fuck up over and over. I mean, Mo really fucks up. But he's got pages and pages of stuff to look at. That said, he fucks up the very first thing that he sends out. I mean, they say here allergic to strawberries. I mean, am I rooting for the strawberry? Yes, I am. But at the same time, allergic to strawberries is a pretty big one. And then he serves charcuterie with strawberries all over it. So it's not all over.

33:24Ben Mandelker: and then like next week the preview is he serves strawberry jam to everyone to go with their thing like i feel like allergies should have like big red arrows pointing to them like okay so maybe he doesn't see the anchovy that's tucked away in the paragraph of needs and wants but the strawberry that should be like under underlined highlighted circled all the things yeah it's pretty bad um

33:51Ronnie Karam: It's still going, though. Do not need poultry. Octopus is a no, by the way. Meticulous preparation, including the removal of bones, pits, seeds, and inedible elements. Yeah.

34:05Ben Mandelker: Okay. So I was like, geez, these people really need to chill. And so Kerry goes on. Last charter, I understand it was all new for everybody, but we've really got to do it better than last charter. So our timing needs to get better. Okay? Getting out the equipment. Getting equipment in. getting equipment out especially under the day of departure doing things like that paddling swimming breathing everything that you're doing going to the bathroom do it better

34:28Ronnie Karam: all right wants the improvements one thing i insist upon this boat must float this charter do we understand it's okay uh so then um the galley uh well he's worried that alex could sink or swim right now. He's not sure about Alex. So then the galley send comes to ask Mo if she can help him with anything. And he's like, I'm just trying to get ahead of this shit. Like, you know, he's freaked out. It's like 10 pages of crazy shit. So he's worried. And he says that he's not a fancy chef. Okay. He's a Dominican chef, damn it. And that's about the love. So then he's prepping and now it's 10 p.m. and he's still in the galley prepping and he's been there for three hours and a lot of that time is probably spent cutting strawberries he's getting yeah they stop and

35:23Ben Mandelker: declaring he said he does do the our favorite thing which is him saying uh you know dominican food is love right as opposed to all those other cultures where food is considered hate or tension every culture says their food is love i just love it i think it's so funny when everyone like calls that out like they're the first culture to announce that their food is love like literally every single every time on these shows on top chef it's like you know i'm from estonia and when we cook we cook with love it's like yes we know because everyone cooks with love yes i'm from

35:59Ronnie Karam: uzbekistan which is known for families coming together to eat yeah every single time literally everywhere uh so then um he says he's gonna do some carving tropical fruit he's like oh god like that's gonna make it taste different bitch you're tripping yeah here's a point he's got a point so then crew mess uh james is talking to sin and they're talking about the last charter and she thinks alex is a good bosun and you know she's never seen him and captain have a conversation so she doesn't know what the vibe is. And he's like, oh, no, he wants Alex to be more stern with us. And she's like, oh, that's annoying.

36:42Ronnie Karam: I mean, Alex listens to our feelings. And I think it's really a good trait to have. But he's just passive. And I don't know that maybe that's not going to work for him.

36:56Ben Mandelker: Fascinating insights from Sen. Then Matthew is talking to Kaylee about their hookup. he's like so i really don't have any regrets about last night she's like yeah i don't have any regrets either it's like well he then says i'm going to be exclusive you want to be exclusive he's like just because you know like why not because like i don't want to be it'd be weird between us even though i did just tell someone this morning that i'm gonna flip with other girls but i still want you to be you know to be i still want to be a brew you know which here he is the

37:27Ronnie Karam: Tell the whole crew. Yeah, I really don't want her to get the wrong idea. I really don't want her to rush me. And immediately goes to her, I want to be exclusive. And then we find out about Matthew's trauma, guys. And this is a big one. Matthew is traumatized because he's cheated on people. You don't get to use the trauma that you've inflicted on people as your trauma, sir. He's like, isn't it really odd the way that I've cheated on people? I cheated on a really good girl with another really good girl. They were both such good girls. I fucked up two relationships in one.

38:06Ben Mandelker: They're both really good. You know, the worst part about it was that I fucked up one really good relationship with someone who I actually really cared about. So I couldn't even tell her. She meant nothing to me. It was just I was horny and I was lonely. It was like, oh, I actually liked her a lot. Her personality was actually much better than yours. if you really think if there's like you know the pros and cons which is pros and pros it's hard for me i had to make a very difficult choice yeah and he's saying he is really worried

38:37Ronnie Karam: about being perceived as a fuck boy because he's also watched below deck and he's like that's not going to be my reputation i'm going to tell a girl that i'm committed to her right in the beginning so nobody can be mean to me on the internet yeah i see through you so david not that it really that hard so this day of charter um james is talking to matthew about his his yachting story and he's uh he was gonna just do a year yachting but then there was a girl a girl he traveled with and i'm pretty keen on her and being on this boat has made me realize she actually may be the right person um i mean basically tells us that yeah it's kind of a similar story right it's like Like, I'm a fuckboy, but this one is like, yeah, it's like, I'm a fuckboy, but I'm an aging fuckboy.

39:31Ronnie Karam: And now I'm not pulling like I used to pull. And so now I need to commit to the one person that I probably should have committed to in the first place. But I thought I could get better at the time. Damn it.

39:45Ben Mandelker: Yeah. This is exactly what happened with Nathan and Gail, which is that Nathan, you know, ghosted Gail and then got on the boat and then realized that there was no options for him. and then he realized like, oh, wow, you know, it turns out like that super hot chick who was really into me. Maybe I should actually pay attention to that. So then he decided midway through that season, oh, I actually think I like her. And James is doing that right here. He tells a very compelling story about when I was 25, COVID happened. And I thought this was like the perfect time to become an adult. And I gave, I gave, I gave my best shot, got a house, had a girlfriend felt like i couldn't escape though i needed to kind of spread my wings my poorly tattooed wings and i turned my whole life upside down and i ended up doing a ski season in switzerland and i went straight into yachting after the skiing i literally was on my skis i got to the bottom of the slope and slid right onto a yacht it was the craziest thing that ever happened and then i went another few years just for fun and now i'm at an age where i've decided you know what i want to have a girlfriend again because i'm lonely and having a sad miserable life

40:51Ronnie Karam: so that's what i'm gonna do like great yeah basically and his big commitment story is like oh it was during covet that i decided to get a house commit we couldn't go anywhere what are you acting like you deserve a gold medal yeah you were with you were stuck with in covet okay boom you're committed there you go but that was his big commitment story and then you know i guess regulations loosened so he was able to leave and then he immediately did so um then we go to he seems kind of dead inside right this guy yeah i'm telling you he is so

41:27Ben Mandelker: boring he just seems like an empty shell it feels like the reason why i'm making fun of his tattoo so much is not like because i'm anti-tattoo or anything it just feels like he has he's just sort of soulless and he's getting these things that are like, look, I'm fun. You know, I'm fun and interesting. But I'm like, no, but you're still bland and dead on the inside.

41:50Ronnie Karam: Yeah. When he said that he got his tattoos because he always thought they would be cool, but he didn't want to have to keep going because it was really painful. So he just got it all done at once. He just chose something and had it all done at once. It's like, oh, that's so sad. And he says that he is with somebody right now and that there are ground rules. and one, no cabin cuddling, and ground rule number two, don't fuck anyone. Well, maybe you should be telling people that you have a fucking girlfriend instead of, I mean, I don't. Flirting with everyone. Yeah, come on. Come on, dude. So then Kerry's talking to Mo, and he's like, all right, for Carolyn, timing is going to be super important.

42:27Ronnie Karam: She's in real estate, all right? So it's very, very important. I'll be your dishwasher.

42:35Ben Mandelker: I'll be your dishwasher I'll be the one that takes you through the night so people in real estate love clean dishes and we're not gonna let

42:48Ronnie Karam: her down

42:50Ben Mandelker: you've been pre-approved for a clean dish the interest rates are high on soap so

42:59Ronnie Karam: to see how much your dishwashing is worth

43:05Ben Mandelker: we're putting in a competitive bid on a clean dish for dinner

43:11Ronnie Karam: provisions arrive uh so we get provision scenes again and so they're doing the usual bringing in you know making a chain to bring up the provisions but then they're getting to moan he's like no no this isn't right this goes back so then they're sending provisions back and he sent back like three crates. And Fraser looks at one of them and he's like, wait a minute, why is he sending this back? This is caviar. This is caviar in here. And he's like, oh, my bad. Okay, send the caviar. Kerry's like, what's that? Caviar? Why do you send the caviar down? He's like, oh, yeah, yeah. My bad. We'll do it again.

43:46Ben Mandelker: Yeah. Did he think it said cabbage or something like that? I thought I could have sworn he said something like cabbage. I didn't order cabbage, but it was really caviar. I don't know what, but Mo's already fucking up. So, um, meanwhile, Matthew and Alex are talking about the blob slide and Matthew is, uh, he has, he's, he's done the slide before. And so Alex is like, well, I've, I've never been on a boat with a slide before. So obviously I'll be leaning on you too, for your experience with the slide. And Alex then tells captain Kerry, he's like, yeah, I'm not sure how we're going to put the slide up.

44:18Ben Mandelker: There's not a lot of room. So Kerry says, well, what I suggest as from one dishwasher to a bosun is I suggest that there's going to be a D ring somewhere down the slide and that's where you're going to tie it onto. And Alex is like, Oh, but I'm just concerned about the whole weight of it on the thing. Now here's the thing. You're not listening to what I'm saying because you think you know what I'm about to say. And I haven't even said the thing that I'm about to say. And the thing that you don't know is I'm about to say something. And what I'm going to say, you may think I'm going to say something about a D shackle, but I'm really going to say is does this dish go into the dishwasher or does it have to be done by hand?

44:51Ben Mandelker: Sorry, I'm getting into getting into my role.

44:55Ronnie Karam: the biggest frustration i have is when someone cuts me off that means they're not listening i might know a thing or two i've been doing this is before you were born mate yeah i'm not looking good for him either this guy yeah so one hour until charter uh carrie is checking everything and carrie is notoriously picking and picky about every little thing as I see a spot there. Look at these sun chairs. All right. Can we get a pillow there? And Alex is like, oh, for support, you know, like for back support, for a pop of color. Wait until I finish what I'm trying to say.

45:31Ben Mandelker: I'm not just a dishwasher. I'm also a decorator. So then Alex is like, oh, that's very hands on. So here come the guests. And one of the guests is wearing a T-shirt that has his law firm on it, which is great. I'm like, oh, man, I need to get a lawyer. Wait a second. Wasn't that guy on below deck wearing a T-shirt about a law? Get that lawyer. He seems like that one.

45:59Ronnie Karam: I almost went to prison for life for murdering my husband. Thank God I saw a guy on a dock wearing a lawyer shirt.

46:07Ben Mandelker: I don't want to see my right person.

46:10Ronnie Karam: Accident.

46:12Ben Mandelker: They go on a tour. and then um this one guy i think it's the guy robbie who's really obnoxious he's like can you just like drain this tub and refill it every morning because i don't want any semen in the hot tub and frazier's like but i think that's up to what you guys are doing not us but sure we can

46:28Ronnie Karam: do that also who here's really fucking yeah how adorable for you to assume that anyone would want to make you come so i know like seriously so the lines are pulled the boat swings around and they're off so uh we go to the sky lounge and kaylee's asking them she's like so you go to healers what's that like what's it like being a healer and uh they're like yeah we're healers we don't

46:59Ben Mandelker: really answer questions about it yeah and also we do acro yoga yeah we do reiki and spiritual healing, but also like acroyoga. And like, do you know what acroyoga is? Oh, wait. So then Carolyn goes, you should, because Jason invented it. So this guy did make acroyoga. Is this guy the inventor of acroyoga? I'm so furious at the acroyoga thing. I'm mad that it's like apparently a thing. And I'm mad that he invented it. I hate it. Who invented acroyoga? I'm looking at it.

47:31Ronnie Karam: That's what I'm looking at. Acroyoga was not invented by a single person. It was developed independently by two primary schools, Acro Yoga Montreal, co-founded in 1999, Jesse Goldberg and Eugene Poku, and Acro Yoga International, co-founded in 2003 by Jason Neymar and Jenny Sauer-Klein.

47:52Ben Mandelker: So Jason, that's this Jason, and I'm seeing videos of him. So he opened up Acro Yoga International in 2003. So congratulations.

48:03Ronnie Karam: Right, but he didn't invent it because that shit was in Montreal in 1999. So, sorry.

48:10Ben Mandelker: Yeah, he was an Olympic performer in 1996. And he, yeah, this is his whole thing. Now I'm on his Instagram. And he's doing acroyoga with his cat, which is cute. I'm not going to lie. I think if you add a cat to the mix, I'm excited. But generally everything else I hate. I hate everything else.

48:33Ronnie Karam: Like cats don't think we're stupid already. Like we need to give cats more reason to look at us like we're complete fucking morons. So Kaylee's like, they're kind of snotty and standoffish. And Kaylee's confused because they're healers and they do acroyoga. And she's like, I mean, these guests are giving like really hippie, but also not like, but also super rich. So like, how hippie are you? You know, like acroyoga. That's like yoga, but like acrobatically I don't know I was going to put my leg up But I didn't want to get the dogs out You gotta pay for those feedback Ha ha ha ha ha Kelly's supremely annoying

49:16Ben Mandelker: Yeah, yeah She gets a lot of screen time And I find her to be I find her to be a broken person, to be honest And I think she's sad I think she's sad And I think she covers it up with her giggling But I think based on the story she's told, I think she has a very sad past. Yeah. Commercials. Here comes one right now.

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51:46Ronnie Karam: Listen to the darkness. Go to audible.com slash listen to Dracula. So Fraser comes in and tells Carolyn that he's ordered 10 foam pillows. And then the guys start doing acroyoga. And he's like, oh my God, what is this? I'm so confused. Did you start as a yogi or something? And he's like, yeah, I was an acrobat and then I became a yogi. And so I started doing acroyoga. Whenever you need massage, come find me.

52:16Ben Mandelker: so then Fraser is like they're badly on board and the guests are upside down I don't know how to take this I don't know what's happening but it certainly is happening and we really can't understate this that they really like that one guy's on his back and his hands and his feet are like up in the air like this and someone else is like basically this guy Robbie is like being twirled around like a devil stick it's it is legitimately crazy to see

52:41Ronnie Karam: so Rosa is asking about how he feels about this charter and he's stressed out. He's like, these people are a little bit much. So then Melanie, the guest, Jill Zarin, is like, wait a minute, you know what? You just sent up charcuterie and it's, I'm allergic to strawberries. Like you need to pick a different berry.

53:01Ben Mandelker: Crazy goes, noted. So he then goes downstairs. He's like, Mo, do you know that someone has a strawberry allergy because you put a strawberry out there? And Mo's like, oh shit. I was like, Mo, how did you forget that? Like, that was, like, so important. So now they are.

53:18Ronnie Karam: His first episode was the peanut allergy. And he's like, peanut allergies? Allergies are the most important thing to a chef. And if anybody has an allergy, there's nothing of the allergy on the boat. Nothing at all. So then we get to episode three, and he's putting strawberries on things.

53:33Ben Mandelker: Mo's also, like, my best friend went to work, and he ate a peanut, and he died. So, like, allergies mean everything to me. and then he's like serving up like a bowl of strawberries um so now the inflatables are going out and then guests are complaining um that their champagne isn't cold enough so it's not drinkable um and so a phrase is like great absolutely fun phrase i would love to solve that for you fun phrase i want phrase i want phrase i want phrase i yeah um the inflatables are going out um the

54:07Ronnie Karam: guests are complaining because the champagne isn't even drinkable because it's not cold enough And so she's like Fraser, I think this is Carolyn, right? She's like, Fraser Can we have some ice, maybe? For the champagne? He's like, there's an ice bucket right here She's like, could you put some salt in it? Are you going to make some fucking ice cream? There's an ice bucket right here I know

54:30Ben Mandelker: Seriously So then in the Sky Lounge Melanie is like Do you guys have something salty To go with the chips? Can you have anchovies? They think that she's asking for canned fish, like tuna fish, but she's really asking for like a tinned fish, like a little anchovy or a smoked oyster or something. And Fraser's like, she wants super salty something. And I literally just gave her salted chips. You haven't got any canned fish? I'm going to say we don't do canned fish on super yachts, Moe, right? Because is that something you used to do? Do people have asked for canned fish on a super yacht? Which I think that she really was not asking.

55:11Ben Mandelker: She wasn't sitting there asking for like bumblebee tuna. I think she was asking for something dainty and delicious. But also she's annoying about it. So I didn't really know whose side to be on in this case. This is another situation where it's like she's super annoying, but she has a point.

55:28Ronnie Karam: Yeah, but she is sitting there with salty chips. And he's like, that's not salty enough for you. but he's also kind of an asshole for being the person in charge of people's pleasure but they're so terrible i mean when he said when she said we want ice and he said here's an ice bucket and she's like could you put salt in it no fuck off if the ice bucket is out of ice and i'll put more ice in it like they're just being difficult to be difficult and especially this lady

55:55Ben Mandelker: yeah so then robbie is like you know we need to have a bell i need a walkie-talkie for this guys Okay, rainbow, rainbow, rainbow. And then Ale is like, no one's paying attention to us. So then they're all complaining while Fraser's looking around trying to find some anchovies. Yeah.

56:15Ronnie Karam: He's like, we're going to get some nuts to chef and he's going to salt them for you. All right, Miss Erin. And she's like, yeah, me and Emma are obsessed with anchovies. Not your fault. It's not your fault. We did just call the service terrible. But you know what? Whatever. Whatever. And he goes, were they on the preference sheet by any chance? And she's like, no. Oh, shit.

56:34Ben Mandelker: But they were. They were. I saw it with my own eyes. I saw anchovies. Defending her honor. So then on the deck, Carrie is telling Alex that Alex and Rosa are going to go on a kayak expedition with the guests that night. So Alex then tells Matthew that he's going on this excursion. And now Matthews can get annoyed. Because now James and Matthew are talking. and Matthew's like, he's going on the excursion. He'll do anything not to fucking do any work, eh? Like, he's just chilling a little bit too much. Like, you still have to prove yourself as a bosun. Like, I definitely have to learn things when it comes to managing people.

57:12Ben Mandelker: And that's why I like Alex, because he's so much better at me in that sense. But I would like to see him getting more down and dirty. He should be here helping us. I'm like, the captain told him to go on the kayak excursion. And also -

57:24Ronnie Karam: Yeah, he was assigned that, you douche.

57:26Ben Mandelker: Yeah, like relax.

57:29Ronnie Karam: Typical underminer. um so and by the way this guy doesn't need to be undermined he's he's a disaster all on his he's going to be a disaster all on his own without you yeah uh so um he's just bitching and moaning that this guy gets to go on the excursion how it's so lazy and so then in the dining room rainbow is doing this tablescape okay i guess it's going to be like a gold themed party so she's putting whatever gold shit she has you know and it's like ugly because it's gold stuff so it's like gold tablecloths and gold tinsels and a gold table runner and fraser comes in he's like ew what is this tinsel we don't do tinsel i'll take over and she's like oh my god i thought he trusted me now he doesn't trust me and then fraser starts decorating the table and what does he use?

58:19Ronnie Karam: The gold tinsel.

58:22Ben Mandelker: Von Fraser. He's like, I forgot. Von Fraser loves tinsel. Regular Fraser. Fraser hates tinsel, but Von Fraser loves it. So then Rainbow's trying to get Rainbow to break down,

58:34Ronnie Karam: I think. I think he's pushing her. He's like, we don't use tinsel. Wait a minute, but there's tinsel all over the table. Who said we don't use tinsel? Of course we use tinsel. Why do you think we have tinsel? Oh, Rainbow, are you feeling okay?

58:49Ben Mandelker: and then she goes to her mirror and it's like you're going to be okay you're going to be okay you're going to be okay this from the girl who last week made fun of rosa for having her little english girl problem emotional issues so or emotions so rainbow says i've been really working on taking things less personally and less emotional so i take a step back and i breathe and i get grounded and i just try not to think about my sister whose face i want to punch in on an island in the middle of a lake in island oh god oh god just stay safe okay okay breathe i

59:18Ronnie Karam: I just remember things are going to go wrong and that's okay, rainbow. That's okay.

59:28Ben Mandelker: So then also we have a little scene of Fraser. Fraser's asking his AI assistant for some, some questions about the golden age of Siam. And the AI assistant is like, is this and this and this and this, is there anything else I can help you with? He's like, that's good. You can go now. Thanks. Just let me know if there's anything else you need from me. that's it I don't there's nothing else I need okay great just let me know I you can go now all right well thanks for this session just let me know if there's anything else I can help he's like quiet I'll be quiet now but let me know if you need me to not be quiet anymore it was great

1:00:04Ronnie Karam: talking to you thanks so much for relying on me for all of your needs all right that's enough you thank you for saying that that's enough it has been a glorious pleasure talking to you

1:00:15Ben Mandelker: I was talking to my friend And we both agree you're not very fun If you'd like some tips on how to actually be fun, Fraser Just let us know, okay, thank you Wait a second

1:00:25Ronnie Karam: So a Thai crab salad comes out And Mo's like Okay, this is Thai crab salad It's got this on that This on it, it's got this on it It's got lime And one of the guys goes, can we have some citrus? Maybe some lime? Take a bite of it first He just said there's lime on it

1:00:45Ben Mandelker: Yeah, but this guy, listen, he had a private chef who was also a private chef for a state lotter. So he knows one or two things about one or two things. Okay. So don't question.

1:00:54Ronnie Karam: What did a state lotter eat? I've seen the commercials. I don't think that they had a very wide palate. There, I said it. Also, they're serving a crab salad in martini glasses, and they serve the martini glasses on a charger. They're not going to ever learn how to use chargers on this show.

1:01:13Ben Mandelker: Yeah.

1:01:18Ben Mandelker: I wonder what Estee Lauder's private chef thinks about that.

1:01:25Ben Mandelker: But then Rainbow starts serving and she's like, hello, would you like some more wine? Okay. And is all the food good? And we do have some more courses that are scheduled for you. Everyone's like, the guests don't seem to notice, but everyone who works on the boat is like, what is Rainbow doing?

1:01:46Ronnie Karam: I mean, what is this Rainbow talking with an English accent? That's so confusing. I mean, I get it's a joke, but with the guests, what's going on? It's just grating. Not only is it fucking annoying, it's weird. She's not done this before. What are you doing? Stop it. Stop it.

1:02:05Ben Mandelker: So then Robbie, who gets up and he pokes his head and he pokes his head at the galley. He's like, hi, it's Robbie. I just want to say that if Estee Lauder's private chef were here, she'd probably say we should put the wine on ice for a little bit. So he's like, on ice? Yeah, it's a little too hot. It's a hot wine. Okay. We have another bottle. Do you have any cold wine? Estee Lauder's private chef would want some cold wine right now. Okay.

1:02:29Ronnie Karam: First off, it's a million degrees out there. I get it. Right? The wine, I'm sure, was a little warm. don't come into the kitchen and don't just stand there holding the door open and barking orders at people get the fuck out of here they were just out there you're these people are so fucking rude

1:02:47Ben Mandelker: yeah although to be fair like let's not give this this let's not give this service team that much credit to say that oh they were just out there like it would not be out of the realm of possibilities that those guests were sitting there for 25 minutes being like when is someone going to

1:03:00Ronnie Karam: on us and give us wine that's true but coming into the kitchen is a huge no-no i mean nobody i've never known any in all my years waiting tables i never ever once knew a nice good person that came back into the kitchen they were each one of them was an asshole it was like a hundred percent

1:03:22Ben Mandelker: um i believe that i believe that um so then um then the phaser goes out there and like Fraser, are the boat stabilizers working correctly? It's a little sway-y. How about this? Can you tell the ocean to stop moving so much? It's a lot. It's very difficult. Do you have any finishing salt? What about the lime? Is the wine warm now? Is it cool now? What's going on with the wine? Can you put some lime in it?

1:03:47Ronnie Karam: Oh, I'm sorry. Is the boat a little too wobbly for the acroyoga person?

1:03:55Ben Mandelker: Can't. Fraser's like, these motherfuckers are making it so clear that they want what they want when they want it. It's incest and this is a nightmare. I'm sorry I mean fun Fraser! Fun Fraser! This is great! Oh we love yachting! Fun Fraser is definitely fun!

1:04:11Ronnie Karam: Well how's it going back here? Fraser's like I've never seen complaints like this at a dinner table. I'm writing them all down on the whiteboard as they come through. Here. Wine too warm. Stabiliser's not working. Salt not good. Lime not great. Wine glass is not nice oh that was another one that's like are these the nicest wine glasses we have food needs lime this wine tastes cooked

1:04:38Ben Mandelker: oh gosh um so then but then mo comes out and they're like yay mo so down in the pantry uh rosa is telling fraser that carolyn the primary needs a glass of wine with her bed turned down But the thing is, it's not Carolyn. It's Milani who needs the wine.

1:05:00Ronnie Karam: Oh, she likes to drink, eh? Well, because she likes to wake up in the middle of the night, knock one back, and pass out again. Uh-uh, uh-uh, alcoholic, alcoholic. So Rosa takes the wine to Carolyn's cabin. And we see in the flashback that she's taking it to the wrong person. So then Kaylee and Matthew were talking In the meantime And checking in on their day And it's been like really rough She's like but at least we're married You know at the end of a hard day At least I know I've got my husband to take care of me You're just kidding

1:05:36Ben Mandelker: And he's a little gossip So he goes and he tells Kaylee Like that James She's saying that Rose really likes James And then he says well James has a lady back home That he's seeing so like too bad for that and so then Kaylee's like oh I don't know why he's keeping it a secret I mean I've studied many species of fucking boys actually and I can fuck boys I should say and I could spot one from a mile away I'm like can you can you do you know what a mile is yeah unfortunately yeah I think you missed the iceberg straight ahead

1:06:15Ronnie Karam: so it's time for bed And before going to her room Melanie's like, uh, Rainbow, Rainbow I need a bowl of nuts and some chips Something salty, okay? I need something salty At all times, okay? Can't fish, something like that You know, chips, you know Get the nuts and chips, put them in the same bowl But in a different bowl, okay? You got it? And Rainbow's like, of course Okay, Rosa, goodnight, you do everything I'm going to bed, but she doesn't tell Rosa What this lady wanted, she just zones out And goes to bed, so she fucks this one up

1:06:45Ben Mandelker: Yeah, this is a fuck up That's really annoying So 15 minutes later, Melanie comes out with her friend and she's like, ah, hello, rainbow, rainbow. I made my salted nuts. And so, you know, Rose was there. She's like, oh, hello. Oh, hi. And she's like, sorry, I did have bad hearing. She goes, well, did you remember about the nuts and the chips? And also I had requested turndown wine and that was never provided. Carolyn had to bring down the turndown wine. Carolyn had to take the turndown wine from her room to my room. Can you even believe it? Rosa says, oh, we had that it was for Carolyn, but that's fine.

1:07:19Ben Mandelker: Do you want another one? As long as you have it. We're sorry about that. And it's important. By the way, the dialogue here is very important because Rosa says, oh, we had it for Carolyn, but as long as you have it, that's good. We're so sorry about it. Do you want another one? She's nice and accommodating here in this moment.

1:07:41Ronnie Karam: I don't know that she's terribly nice. She does have like a, I'm sorry.

1:07:46Ben Mandelker: I should say nice. She was, her, her voice was at regular volume. And it was like not, I would say not yelling in the least. And she was passive aggressive when she said, we have it down for Carolyn. Cause it's kind of her way of being like, you messed up. Cause you put it the wrong way when she messed up. But the point is she was speaking with an even normal indoor tone.

1:08:14Ronnie Karam: Yeah, she was speaking as like a service person, but this Milani wants her to kiss her ass and fall all over herself, which she doesn't really do. She's just like, oh, well, you got the wine, so that's good, but we'll get you some more. You know, sorry, we'll fix it next time. She's like, well, I mean, I asked like 30 minutes ago for a bowl of nuts and chips. Okay, but you weren't even talking to her. You were talking to another person. So who's the asshole now? You don't even know which service person is which? No, she definitely does not.

1:08:43Ben Mandelker: And Rose was like, well, my apologies. I'll do that now. Are there any particular ones that you fancy? And she goes, yeah, well, I had a discussion about it with Rainbow, didn't we? We had a discussion, didn't we?

1:08:52Ronnie Karam: No, she says, we had a discussion about it, didn't we? I think she thinks that you were talking to her. But this girl's like, you didn't talk. She's like, why is this lady talking to me like this? I haven't talked to her. And she's like, oh, that wasn't me. That was with Rainbow. And then Melanie just gives this wounded look like, I can't believe I've just been spoken to like this.

1:09:13Ben Mandelker: It's so funny the way you're right. That is exactly what Melanie was saying. But when I watched it, I interpreted it as like, like Royal, we like, we had a discussion about this. Like you, like, why are you asking me questions? We already had, like, I already, I already had this conversation. So you should know. But I think you're actually right that she just thought that Rosa and Melanie were the same. Rosa and. Yeah.

1:09:34Ronnie Karam: She was just like, she saw a service person and that was it. You know, she's just talking, kind of talking down to whoever and being picky at one in the morning about her fucking salty snack and her wine by her bed and all of this shit. But the staff did fuck up. So it's one of those where it's like, well, any other episode I would have been on the customer's side, but this customer sucks.

1:09:56Ben Mandelker: She sucks. She really does. and so Rosa is like it's not that deep I'm not going to be upset that there's a middle aged woman in the stew pantry shouting at me because she hasn't gotten her nuts you're on a bloody yacht and then you're going to come at me about that I also don't feel bad because I know nothing about this Rainbow needed to either tell me or just do it herself turns out she does make mistakes too hmm

1:10:22Ronnie Karam: yeah so also this this is just like bad service for somebody to be like well I don't care I don't care that there's someone upset like you're already rich and now you're going to bitch at me about not getting something that you want I don't know with Rosa and Fraser on the same team you have to have somebody who wants to please the people even if they suck

1:10:47Ben Mandelker: somebody's got to please the people

1:10:50Ronnie Karam: it's the service industry they're both like fuck these people so the next morning now they're moving to a new anchorage and fraser gets to do acro yoga so this is where the guy puts has fraser lie down on this guy's feet while he's twirling him in the air and this is where i saw spinal injuries incoming i would have been down fraser was like oh oh i i oh god this is

1:11:20Ben Mandelker: I'm so glad I volunteered to do this I love being fun Fraser saying yes to things this is great thank you thank you for this so now Fraser walks in

1:11:32Ronnie Karam: and Melanie is making her own coffee at the espresso machine get the fuck out of the kitchen who are you people

1:11:38Ben Mandelker: I know right stop it and why are you awake already so he's like oh can I help she's like you know what I'm almost fitness you know there were some small missteps yesterday i think it was rosa who emphatically told me that i don't get wine next to my bed she said oh no it's only carolyn that gets wine next to her bed and carolyn should would never put wine next to her bed i don't like being talked to like i'm the asshole you know what i mean like that was not the conversation at all no that wasn't

1:12:12Ronnie Karam: and you are the asshole you are an asshole you might not be the asshole but you are an asshole And Fraser's like, okay, well, I'll have a chat with her. You know, whatever happened between her and Rosa, I don't care. I could give a shit. I'm going to trust my stew, the sober one, the one I know over this witch.

1:12:32Ben Mandelker: Yeah. I think that's a good call on Fraser's part. So now everyone's getting ready for breakfast. And Melanie complains about the service. She's like, you know, we've been left alone for an hour. And she's asking for like capers and thinly sliced red onion. And there's no capers. And so they're all just getting, you know, mad about everything.

1:13:02Ronnie Karam: Yeah. So Robbie's sourdough isn't out as fast as he wants. So he's like, what are you guys making the dough? You guys insisted on fresh homemade bread. Yeah. He probably is making the dough. yeah exactly it's so now uh fraser's in the galley trying to remember everybody's request and um he's like all right this bitch wants this this hole wants that that motherfucker wants this and this asshole wants that oh god who knows what the fuck that one wants and just cuts to melanie being like where is everybody i don't get no service uh and so yeah she's she's complaining

1:13:40Ben Mandelker: about everything i was i finally found her instagram i was seeing if there was any if she had some sort of response about her being like hideous on below deck but of course she has none she just has a lot of pictures of like you know strife in ghana because again she's she's gonna like be a human rights activist but she will be obnoxious to everyone around her at the same time Yeah

1:14:04Ronnie Karam: Okay, so then Now back at the table Melanie's like, um, I want my English muffin Toasted a little bit more This isn't toasted enough And Carolyn's like, yeah, well I'll take whatever You bring me, as long as it's crispy Just make it crispier Just this toast isn't toasty enough

1:14:22Ben Mandelker: Sorry And then Fraser's like, yes I'll bring you exactly what you want And he goes into the galley And under his breath, he goes, I'll bring you a fucking slap in the face, you horrible cut fitness. Hope she chokes on this caviar. Freezer just finally breaking after pretending like he has this great new attitude all season.

1:14:43Ronnie Karam: And she's like, okay, is this the part, isn't this where she's talking about the eggs Benedict or is that later? I thought this was, but I don't remember. He's like, can I have an eggs Benedict, but I want the English muffin more toasted and then I want two eggs instead of one and then i want the sauce on the side he's like oh god oh god it was awful um

1:15:10Ben Mandelker: so now it's time to uh over on the swim platform alex is showing sen how to lower jet skis into the water with from their lift and then um he's just showing her something and then uh sen is not paying attention and she drops the strap that attaches the jet ski to the to the lift into the ocean so it it falls to the bottom of the ocean and it's the only strap that gets the jet ski onto the lift so it can get back onto the boat yeah uh so then fraser is asking

1:15:42Ronnie Karam: rosa what happened last night with the guest and she's like oh i fucked up i mean i thought it was the primary that had wine he's like well that's fine but what was the interaction like did you You beat her with a baseball bat, call her hideously ugly, and then strip her of her human rights, because that's basically what she accused you of. And she's like, oh, my God, horrendous. She was so rude. Honestly, I just had to laugh at it.

1:16:05Ben Mandelker: She's just so old. Well, she thought you were being dismissive. She was like, well, I was obviously very lovely. I am British after all. And I'm happy with that. She's a problem, as we know. Honestly, you did nothing wrong based on this very intensive questioning. So, sweetheart, it's fine. thank you um so carrie uh is sort of roving about outside and he can tell that something is wrong because alex and san are like looking around the ocean like oh and so he's like what's going on it's like one of the one of the straps dropped and the jet skis dropped in the water now we're gonna go down for it's like oh god the boat's swinging there's something goes in the water you have to drop a fucking weight in put a float on it you find it this float drop it's strap 101 you know can't believe you did this crap 101 i can't believe this has happened with

1:16:58Ronnie Karam: a strap now god knows where the strap is well we could all die this boat could sink and he's telling fraser i really want alex to work out but mate i just keep seeing little things and they keep adding up and now we're strapless

1:17:18Ben Mandelker: So, uh, that was the end. I forgot that was the end. I thought there was still like five more scenes, but yes. Will they ever find their strap in the bottom of the sea? I don't know. You better get to it before Ariel does. Cause that's going right into her collection. I'll tell you that much. Ariel.

1:17:36Ronnie Karam: She's like brushing her hair with the strap. What do you call it?

1:17:45Ben Mandelker: She's like It's a what do you call it A strap

1:17:48Ronnie Karam: It's a strap Give it back to me You awful thing goblin

1:17:57Well

1:17:59Ben Mandelker: Hopefully The strap will be found And hopefully Eggs Benedict Will work out well for everyone That is that Good time Alright everybody

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